Irving could conceivably be an elite player, but he regressed last year. He's insanely good at the end of the fourth though. As for Hill, no PG would magically fix the Pacers except Chris Paul, Tony Parker, Rondo, and so forth.

Well, the thing is, it's a catch 22. If you replace Hill with a better ballhandler that will take chances, the offense may get better, but the defense undoubtedly will get worse due the the number of fast break chances going up.

I agree, but you have to see whether the loss in defense is small enough to justify the offensive improvement. I think it's pretty obvious they can't beat the Heat with their current lineup.

I don't think we had a choice, I didn't want Dalembert playing monster minutes at Center and Wright was actually pretty solid last year, and I expect him to get better. Unless we could have pulled off a trade for Asik this was a move I wanted to get done.

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I guarantee that if someone picks Cam Newton in the Top 5 they will regret it.